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- Location and administrative map of the Kingdom of Sikkim before the annexation of India. Status. Protectorate of Tibet of Qing China (until 1890).
- The Kingdom of Sikkim was founded by the Namgyal dynasty in the 17th century. It was ruled by Buddhist priest-kings known as the Chogyal.
- The Kingdom of Sikkim was founded by the Namgyal dynasty in the 17th century. It was ruled by Buddhist priest-kings known as the Chogyal.
- Thus Phuntsog Namgyal became the first King of the Kingdom of Sikkim and all the Kirat chiefs agreed to regard him as the supreme ruler.
- The Kingdom of Sikkim was an Indian kingdom that existed from 1642 to 1975. Sikkim, located in the Himalayas, had a history of warfare with Nepal...
- Time and again, the small kingdom of Sikkim had to defend itself against attacks from Nepal. In 1835, Darjeeling, which had previously belonged to Sikkim, was...
- ...Darjeeling to the British East India Company in 1835 did not take place *there* so that Darjeeling remains a part of the Kingdom of Sikkim.
- This was the first casualty of India's forced annexation of the -- now -- lost Kingdom of Sikkim. ... By 12:45 PM, the Kingdom of Sikkim ceased to exist.
- As the East India Company gained control over India and Sikkim, they signed a treaty with the Kingdom of Sikkim in 1861.
- During this time, monarchy existed in Sikkim and the most prominent kingdom was of the Chogyals who were the undisputed rulers of the state.
